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And by the completion of the Celilo Canal the navigability of the Columbia and Snake rivers is established ; a channel has been opened through which may flow the traffic of that great hinterland east of the Cascade Range called the Inland Em- pire.

What will these facts mean in the developing of ports, in the settlement and cultivation of now unoccupied lands and in the building of cities and the strengthening of Portland as the great distributing center of the Northwest?

Use alone can answer the question.

The opportunity is almost beyond computation. Civilization may well make here its most splendid achievements.

In the beginning, exceptional advantages as a center of water transportation built Portland. Progress is to be given new impetus now by the same cause. By accomplishment of many improvements, one at a time, and with much yet to be done to perfect the possession, we have now the open river. The beckoning future is much longer than the present. Men and communities will be measured by it.

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ADDRESS OF JOSEPH N. TEAL

As Presiding Officer at the Formal Opening of The Dalles-Celilo Canal of the Columbia River, at Big Eddy, May sth, 1915.

Nearly ten years ago, to be exact, on the 3rd day of June, 1905, a number of "open river" enthusiasts of the Northwest celebrated the completion of the Oregon Portage Railway around the obstructions of the Columbia River. The last spike was driven home by the Governors of the three Northwest states, Chamberlain of Oregon, Mead of Washington